The Nightly

Greta Johnsen talks with caller Bernadette about her sudden urge to join a book club, the perils of a 6:30 a.m. book meeting, and how to build a club that runs on wine, snacks, and no spoilers.

What You'll Hear:

The Greta Graham Book Club: Greta shares how her monthly Zoom book club has thrived for over two years, complete with a beloved regular who complains about every single book.

A Book Club Born Yesterday: Bernadette calls in with a brand-new plan to join or start a book club, and together they sort through professional book clubs, thickies versus palate cleansers, and the golden rule of keeping the group small.

No Spoilers Allowed: The two dig into the tricky etiquette of talking about twists before everyone's finished reading, and why the right book club needs the right kind of trust.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Welcome to book club night
02:51 Hello, caller Bernadette
04:19 The GRETAGRAM Book Club explained
06:10 The 6:30 a.m. book club is not the vibe
09:20 Sorting through book club options
15:11 Building a club that actually sticks
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Greta Johnsen talks with caller Joe about the sprawling wooden town of the Maryland Renaissance Faire, his new life as a stone-giant magician in a virtual D&D group, and the search for a hobby that won't leave him talking to himself.

What You'll Hear:

The Wax Hand That Started It All: Greta opens with a childhood memory of dipping her hand in colored wax at the Renaissance Faire, and wonders aloud why that particular kind of magic sticks with us.

A Town Built Just for Jousting: Caller Joe describes the enormous, semi-permanent Ren Faire town outside DC, complete with ninja stars, real jousting, and costumes way more ambitious than his own.

Desk Monkey by Day, Stone Giant by Night: Joe opens up about his surprisingly wholesome virtual D&D group, the mysterious character he can't quite control, and the search for a hobby that scratches a very different itch.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Wax hands and Ren Faire memories
02:04 Welcome, caller Joe from the DC area
03:08 Inside Maryland's sprawling Renaissance Faire
07:16 Joining a D&D group as a desk monkey
14:38 How Dungeons and Dragons actually works
17:09 Weighing pottery, cello, and other hobbies
20:53 GoodnightsFor the fully immersive, phone free light + sound experience, learn more at hatch.co. Follow us on TikTok @hatchpodcasts and YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greta Johnsen talks with Caller Alex from New York about his lifelong loyalty to the maddening Minnesota Vikings (despite note being from Minnesota) and why some paths in life are simply neutral.

What You'll Hear:

Dragons, Basketball, and a Ten-Year-Old's Fate: Greta opens with a childhood memory of a college basketball game, a fantasy novel, and the moment her dad accepted she wasn't destined for sports stardom.

A Team Chosen by Vibes Alone: Alex explains how one very cool wide receiver sealed his lifelong, often heartbreaking devotion to the Minnesota Vikings.

Alternate Universes, Not Regrets: Greta and Alex trade stories about college, cities, and teams they almost picked, and agree that some choices are simply neutral.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Dragons, basketball, and a very tall 10-year-old
02:39 Welcome, Caller Alex!
04:47 The Impact of Randy Moss
10:25 Redemption arrives via the Lakers and Kobe/Shaq days
16:53 College, culture shock, and choosing to be weird
21:03 Good night to Justin Jefferson!
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Greta Johnsen talks with caller Kammi all about memory: from nap science and grandma's soap to why eyewitnesses (and spouses) never agree on the color of the car.

What You'll Hear

Thinking in scents and songs: Kammi joins from Tucson to unpack why a quick nap might lock in a memory better than a long snooze, and why smell can transport you faster than almost anything else.

The unreliable narrator in all of us: Greta and Kammi get into why retelling a memory might actually change it, and what that means for family stories, memoirs, and blue cars that were definitely green.

A wedding day worth remembering: Kammi's pre-wedding advice, followed by a story of Greta's own microphone mishap at a wedding she officiated.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Keys, wallets, and a confession about GPS trackers
01:35 Welcome, caller Kammi!
04:24 The 20-minute nap that helps you remember
06:52 The smell of nana's soap
08:54 Live music as a memory trigger
14:49 The one wedding-day trick worth stealingFor the fully immersive, phone free light + sound experience, learn more at hatch.co. Follow us on TikTok @hatchpodcasts and YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Gondelman talks with caller Julia from Long Beach about her impossibly readable face, the four-year-old who refuses to fake a magician's smile, and whether a poker face is really something to envy.

What You'll Hear

A dog bed 7x too big: Josh kicks things off with a sweet little confession about his wife's habit of ordering things in wildly wrong sizes, and what it means to love someone's harmless quirks.

The face that won't keep a secret: Julia calls in with a lifelong dilemma: her face broadcasts every feeling before she's ready to share it, and she's not sure if that's a gift or a curse.

LeVar Burton was reading her the whole time: A story about producing an audio show with LeVar Burton takes a turn when Julia learns he'd been quietly reading her face for cues the entire time.

CHAPTERS
00:00 The dog bed that was seven sizes too big
03:33 Welcome, caller Julia!
04:44 The face that gives everything away
07:05 LeVar Burton was watching the whole time
09:00 Like father, like son, like grandpa
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